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Cohoes council approves up to $3.5 million bond to upgrade water treatment plant
Summary
The Common Council approved a bond ordinance authorizing up to $3.5 million in serial bonds to fund water treatment improvements to address a Department of Health notice; related engineering change orders and a SEQRA Type II determination were also approved.
The Cohoes Common Council on June 23 approved a bond ordinance authorizing up to $3,500,000 in serial bonds to pay for water treatment improvements intended to increase chlorine contact time and address a recent Department of Health notice of violation. Mayor Keeler announced the project during his opening update, saying the upgrades will bring the city's circa-1911 Water Filtration Plant "up to 21st century standards" and that there had been no recent water emergency.
The council approved the bond ordinance after the body reviewed the financing language that notes the amount may be offset by federal, state, county or local funds. Council members also approved a change order for LaBella Associates to continue engineering services for the filtration plant and adopted a Type II determination under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) for the project, clearing the way for design work to proceed. Council President Biggs moved the SEQRA resolution; Council Member Soloyna seconded, and "all members voted 'AYE.'"
City officials said the engineering work will include an engineered loop design to lengthen chlorine contact time, a technical response intended to remedy the Department of Health NOV. The council delegated authority in the bond ordinance to the City Comptroller to issue bond anticipation notes in advance of bond sale, per the ordinance language presented to the council.
The vote was unanimous among members present (Mayor Keeler; Council Members Trudeau, Biggs, Izzo, Higgins, Soloyna and McCarthy). Next steps identified by city leadership include completing design and permitting; the council approved a related LaBella change order and the SEQRA determination so those tasks may proceed.
Note on transcript wording: the meeting transcript records a motion at SEG 060 that repeats "Ordinance No.10" while the bond ordinance text on the record is titled "Ordinance No.11" and describes the $3,500,000 water treatment project; context and the council's subsequent resolutions indicate the motion and vote applied to Ordinance No.11.
